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beagle3 ◴[08 Jul 25 17:28 UTC] No.44502153[source]▶

WhatsApp backup on your Google account contains all your message history, and is unencrypted. If you use google cloud backup for your phone, Google can read your WhatsApp messages, and has been able to do so for more than 5 years now.

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jadamson ◴[08 Jul 25 18:11 UTC] No.44502540[source]▶

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There's an option to enable end-to-end encryption on your backups.

https://faq.whatsapp.com/490592613091019

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1. beagle3 ◴[08 Jul 25 21:11 UTC] No.44504117[source]▶

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Nice. It wasn’t there last time I checked.

I wonder what percentage of WhatsApp users backup to Google cloud, and what percentage of those use encryption.

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Google can now read your WhatsApp messages